Definition of Anchiornis. Meaning of Anchiornis. Synonyms of Anchiornis

- Anchiornis is a genus of small, four-winged paravian dinosaurs, with only one known species, the type species Anchiornis huxleyi, named for its similarity...
- Xiaotingia, Anchiornis, and Aurornis. Compared to Archaeopteryx, Xiaotingia was found to be more closely related to extant birds, while both Anchiornis and Aurornis...
- A 2017 study describing new specimens of Anchiornis found Eosinopteryx only distinguishable from Anchiornis in the length of the tail, but the tail of...
- feathers. In 2010, paleontologists studied a well-preserved skeleton of Anchiornis, an averaptoran from the Tiaojishan Formation in China, and found melanosomes...
- million years ago. The avialan species from this time period include Anchiornis huxleyi and Aurornis xui. Xiaotingia zhengi used to be considered a member...
- genera (or between individuals in the case of numerous genera such as Anchiornis). Most had vaned tail feathers forming a frond-shaped tail, with the tails...
- and Oliver Rauhut concluded it was more closely related to the Chinese Anchiornis and introduced the generic name Ostromia, named after Ostrom. The only...
- specimens of the avialan Anchiornis has found that the traits exhibited by Aurornis fall within the range of variation in Anchiornis, warranting their synonymization...
- birds, the color and pattern of the feathers on Anchiornis and Tupandactylus could be determined. Anchiornis was found to have black-and-white-patterned feathers...
- and were those theropods most closely related to birds. For example, Anchiornis huxleyi is currently the smallest non-avialan dinosaur described from...